# Food cravings. I'm talking 'bout Severe food cravings.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-cravings-im-talking-bout-severe-food-cravings/515622>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 29, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-cravings-im-talking-bout-severe-food-cravings/515622 "2009-10-29T16:29:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-cravings-im-talking-bout-severe-food-cravings/515622/21 "2009-10-31T03:52:21Z")

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Right now, in my third trimester, milk is my big thing. BIG thing. At night, I drink at least 2-3 glasses. I was sent cookies by my in-law, and they were just an excuse to drink milk. One cookie was accompanied by multiple glasses of milk.

For a while, I wanted something crisp to drink at night–water with large ice cubes, or a big glass of cran-raspberry juice. Now, it’s milk. Geez, just talking about it I want to go guzzle more.

With my first, it was PB&J. (I still really like peanut butter this time around.) I did have a phase with that pregnancy where I really, REALLY wanted celery; this time, I had a more stereotypical phase and went through two jars of pickles a week for a while. Now, my heartburn cannot handle the thought.

So back up the milk truck!

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-cravings-im-talking-bout-severe-food-cravings/515622/22 "2009-10-31T04:03:26Z")

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Olives, peppadews, feta cheese, roasted peppers, hummus, mozarella balls, capers, artichoke hearts, and anything else on the “Mediterranean Bar” at Wegmans (about $7 a pound and worth every penny). Darn it, now I have the craving and I can’t run out and get some because they put the veggies and cheese to bed under white paper coverings around 9 p.m…

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**Author:** ![Pulp\_Friction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@Pulp\_Friction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pulp_Friction)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-cravings-im-talking-bout-severe-food-cravings/515622/23 "2009-11-01T02:21:07Z")

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> When I was pregnant with my eldest daughter I HAD TO HAVE cold oranges. I’d eat 5 or 6 a day and I’d freak out if I was running low.

OP here.

This is good stuff. I love the ‘freak out if I was running low’ remark.

Oranges? I would love to crave something so healthy.

I am, at this moment, crave-free. I ate half a jar of the pickles I previously mentioned and the remainder sits unmolested in my fridge. I’ll get to it when I get to it.

And I also have a large bottle of tomato juice unopened, on standby.

But for now, I’m good.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-cravings-im-talking-bout-severe-food-cravings/515622/24 "2009-11-01T02:39:34Z")

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My pregnant wife is going for cucumbers and pickles. I keep telling her she’s perpetuating the stereotype, but that doesn’t seem to help.

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